Button, Button by Richard Matheson.

Spoiler heavy; sorry, kids.

This is a collection of short stories that's been rereleased under the title The Box. That's what they named the movie (which is currently out and I hear Cameron Diaz dies in it... reason enough for me to RedBox it) so that's how they renamed the collection.

I love Matheson's short stories. Something in me really responds to these bitter, crusty men fighting against a world that does them wrong at every turn, and even the weak, simpering women who get what they deserve.

Button, Button (the title story) is about a couple who receive a box in the mail and inside is a button. If they press the button, they'll get... a million dollars? some ridiculous amount of money. But as a result of them pressing it, someone they do not know will die. You can imagine where it goes from there. Yep, you guessed it: the wife presses it and the husband dies. As she's crying and blaming, the man in the shadows who explained how the box works of course pops in and says sardonically, "Madam, do you really think you knew your husband?"
Yuk, yuk, yuk. Kinda trite, but still a goodie.

My favorite from this collection was probably "The Girl of My Dreams," about a couple who exploits the woman's psychic ability to know when and how people are going to die. They will go to a family and tell them the circumstances of a loved one's death before it happens, leaving out the exact dates or locations and will only tell them the full story after they are paid for the information. The man despises the woman and wants only to make enough money to leave her. He, however, gets his just desserts when he accidently kills her after she blows what could've been their biggest score ever. Her dying words describe how he'll be killed--but she can't find the strength to get out the when or where. It ends with the man thinking about the person who will someday kill him, wondering who he is and what he's doing right then.

I guess to wrap it up, I didn't enjoy this collection as much as the I Am Legend collection (which was the inspiration for the Will Smith movie of the same name & also the Charleton Heston Omega Man movie of yore).
I don't know if it's just that I'm more familiar with Matheson's style or I wasn't as in the mood for his usual brand of racist misogyny. But if you're looking for an easy bunch of short stories with a sick twist, look no further. You've found your book.